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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 2, 1992Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 5:44 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1992, 5:44 PM EST (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 6:15 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 022244
SVRIND
INC095-022315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
544 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM EST RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WEST OF
ANDERSON...NEAR FISHERSBURG...AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON...NEAR
ELWOOD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH...TOWRDS THE TOWNS OF
ANDERSON AND ALEXANDRIA.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERQY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
ELSON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:42 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
INZALL-020300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
245 PM EST THU JUL 2  1992

IN INDIANA THIS .......TORNADO.......  WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENNSELAER TO ABOUT
20 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... GARY...MICHIGAN CITY...ELKHART...KENTLAND
...PLYMOUTH AND SOUTH BEND.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:08 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
INZALL-020300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
410 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992

IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST AND INCLUDES
ALL OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RENNSELAER TO ABOUT 30 MILE SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...MICHIGAN CITY SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...
FORT WAYNE...PLYMOUTH...BLUFFTON AND LOGANSPORT.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARUE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:12 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
INZALL-020300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
410 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992

IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST AND INCLUDES
ALL OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RENNSELAER TO ABOUT 30 MILE SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...MICHIGAN CITY SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...
FORT WAYNE...PLYMOUTH...BLUFFTON AND LOGANSPORT.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:42 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
INZALL-020300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
440  PM EST THU JUL  2 1992

IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCHES HAVE TO EXTENDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF INDIANA
NORTH OF A LINE NORTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO SEYMOUR TO RICMOND
UNTIL 10 PM EST.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN ALL 3 WATCHES ARE...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...
KOKOMO...LAFAYATTE...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...AND
BLOOMINGTON.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT COCNDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte, Starke50 min
Jul 2, 3:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDNewton42 min
Jul 2, 4:05 PM ESTTornado WarningINDLaPorte, Starke40 min
Jul 2, 4:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper36 min
Jul 2, 4:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph49 min
Jul 2, 4:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart68 min
Jul 2, 4:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko68 min
Jul 2, 4:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Cass, White65 min
Jul 2, 4:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe30 min
Jul 2, 4:41 PM ESTTornado WarningINDElkhart, Kosciusko49 min
Jul 2, 4:41 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFulton, Marshall34 min
Jul 2, 4:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Howard, Miami58 min
Jul 2, 4:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Warren38 min
Jul 2, 5:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton46 min
Jul 2, 5:41 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone34 min
Jul 2, 6:00 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton30 min
Jul 2, 6:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion63 min
Jul 2, 6:17 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware28 min
Jul 2, 6:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Shelby63 min
Jul 2, 6:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson63 min
Jul 2, 6:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph63 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.